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UNITED STATES t PATENT OFFICE.

- JOHN B. HOAGLAND, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-EIGHTHS TO L. FRANK OTTOFY AND JAMES A. LANE, F SAME PLACE.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,919, dated August 20, 1895. Application filed April 8, 1395-` Seria] No. 544,875. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN B. HOAGLAND, of

the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, havel invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, ofy which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates toan improved car-` cal use. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken ap- -proximately on the indicated line 2 2 of Fig.

l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged lhorizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, l indicates a car-platform that is located in the usual manner upon the longitudinally-extending frame-timbers 2.

3 indicates the ordinary dashboard,.and -t the, usual hand-hold or guard surrounding said dashboard. Fixed to the ends ol' the frame-timbers 2, or to brackets that are bolted to said frame-timbers, are journal-boxes 5, in which is mounted'for rotation transverselyextending shaft 6. Rigidly fixed upon this shaft 6, adjacent the center thereof, is a beveled gear-pinion 7. Bolted to the front of the dashboard 3, immediately above and slightly to one side of this beveled gear-pinion, is a journal-bearing 8. Formed in the guardrail 4, in vertical alignment with the journalbearing 8, is a journal-bearing 9, and mounted for rotation in these vertically-aligned journal-bearings 8 and 9 is ashaft 10. Rigidly fixed upon the lower end of this shaft 10 is a beveled gear-pinion 11, the same meshing with the beveled gear-pinion 7. Formed integral with the shaft 10 and extending at right angles thereto through the space between the top of the dashboard and the guard- Y rail 4 is a short arm or lever 12. Located upon the upper end of the shaft 10 is a crankhandle 13. Formed in the dashboard 3, immediately above the journal-bearing 3, is a transverse slot 14. Rigidly fixed upon the shaft 10 and extending through this slot 1lontoA the door of the platform 1 is a ratchetwheel 15, and rpivoted upon the floor of the car-platform adjacent to this ratchet-wheel 15 is a dog 1G, withwhich a U-shaped spring 55 17 engages to 'cause the point of said dog to engage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel.

1S indicates a rod or bar the ends 19 of which are bent at right angles to the main body portion thereof, thus making a U -shaped 6o frame.' The ends of the end portions 19 are rigidly fixed upon the ends of the transversely-extending shaft 6.

20 indicates a frame that is approximately of the same size and form as is the frame just described, and the ends of said last-meutioned frame 2O are pivoted by means of' bolts or pins 2l to the end portions 19 of the bar 18 immediately in front of the fixed ends of said end portions. This frame 2O normally 7o stands in a vertical plane, the upper end thereof lying adjacent to the upper end of the dashboard 3. Short chains-such as 2x2-connect the vupper ends of this frame with the ends of the dashboard 3 or the sides of the 75 guardrail 4. Said chains 22 are for the purpose of restricting the forward movement of the upper end of the frame 20. Chains 23 connect the U-shaped frames adjacent where they are pivoted together, and said chains So restrict the downward movement of the forwardly-extending frame.

24 indicates a net constructed of either wire or cord; or saidnet may be in the forml of a sheet of canvas oranalogous material. When 8 5 said net is constructed of wire, it is essential that there be a joint or hinge connectionsuch as 25-approximately at the longitudinal center of said net. The upper and lowerl ends4 of said net are secured to the transverse por- 9o and rearwardly-bent ends 19 extends for- 95 wardly and downwardly in front of the car, the forward end of said frame riding a suitable distance above the track-rails and surface of the ground. By regulating the length of the chains 23 the proper height at which the roo forward end of the forwardly-extendin g frame is to be carried is obtained. Should the bar 18 of the forwardly-extending frame contact with a body-such as a person or animalsaid body will be thrown onto and be caught by the net 24, and as the weight of said body is thrown onto said net 24 the ends of said net will draw upon the ends of the U-shapedframes and tend to close the same. As the frame 2O cannot move downwardly, the forwardly-extending frame will move upwardly a slight distance. After this forward-lyprojecting frame moves upwardly it is prevented from returning to its normal position by reason of the spring-actuated dog 16 engaging against the ratchet-wheel 15, and said ratchet-wheel 15 is fixed upon vthe vertical shaft 10, that connects the beveled gear to the tranverse sha-ft 6. To close or fold the fender up against the dashboard of the car, while said car is being coupled to another car, or for various other reasons, the operator manually engages either the lever 12er crankhandle 13 and rotates the shaft 10 approximately a quarter of a turn. The bevelpinion 11, mounted on the lower end of said shaft, will impart motion to the bevel-pinion 7, mounted on the transverse shaft 6, and said shaft 6 being rotated will carry the forwardly-extending frame up against the frame 2O and dashboard 3, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Said fender will be held in this closed position as the spring-actuated dog 16 engages against the ratchet-wheel 15, that is rigidly mounted upon the vertical shaft 10. To lower the folding portion of the fender the operator disengages the point of the dog 16 from the ratchet-wheel 15 and the folding portion of the fender will, by

reason of its own weight, lower to the proper position.

A fender of my improved construction is adapted to be locatedupon any of the various forms of cars, can be expeditiouslyfolded or closed while the cars are being coupled together, can be constructed at minimum cost, is positive in operation, and possesses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

What I claim is- A car fender, comprising a pair of journalboxes located upon the end of a car, a shaft journaled in said boxes, a U-shaped frame having' its ends fiXedto said shaft, a U -shaped frame having its ends pivoted near the ends of and to the first mentioned frame, chains connecting said U-shaped frames, chains connecting the upper end o f the last mentioned frame to the dashboard, a flexible net connecting the ends of said frames, a bevel gearpinion located upon the transversely positioned shaft, suitable journal-bearings located upon the dashboard and in vertical alignment with each other, a shaft jou-rnaled in said bearings, a bevel gear-pinion mounted upon the lower end of said shaft and meshing with the first mentioned bevel gear-pinion, a ratchet-wheel located upon said shaft, 

